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Thursday Open thread

Posted by: ST on January 3, 2008 at 4:09 pm

Busy afternoon – will be back tonight to blog about what happens in Iowa.

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  1. PCD says:
    January 3, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    I’ll put my 2 cents and observations in tomorrow morning.

  2. NC Cop says:
    January 3, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    Gotta love this story! I realize it was a close call, but nobody was hurt and I loved the title. On the website this story was listed under: “The force is strong with this one..”

    Boy, 11, Uses Toy Lightsaber to Defend Mom From Attacker

    Indeed, this young Padawan will grow to be a strong Jedi.

  3. Severian says:
    January 3, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Great kid. Now just wait, the UK will try and ban toy light sabers, after all, can’t have people assaulting the criminals now. ;)

  4. Great White Rat says:
    January 3, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    In contrast to the completely insane bureaucracy in California that ST highlighted yesterday, here’s a great story from the same state. I found this on James Taranto’s daily BOTW feature:

    Guidance from his sons

    It’s about Dr. Bill Krissoff, an orthopedic surgeon from the Lake Tahoe area whose son, a Marine Lieutenant, gave his life in Iraq a year ago. His other son is also become a Marine officer. Following their lead, the father has overcome obstacles, including the usual age limt (he’s 61 years old) and joined up for three years as a Navy surgeon and he’s headed to Iraq to tend to wounded Marines.

    “Both my sons were hugely affected by the events of 9/11, and Nate was proud to serve in the Marines, as Austin is,” Krissoff says. “I share their views.”

    (snip)

    “My interest in Navy medicine,” Krissoff says, “was because they take care of Marines.”

    To get around the age limitation, Dr. Krissoff – now Lt. Commander Krissoff – went right to the top:

    Because 42 is the Navy’s age cutoff for medical officer enlistees, Krissoff was initially told that joining would be a difficult and lengthy process. So he pressed the issue and asked for the needed waiver from the highest authority he could find – President Bush.

    Krissoff met Bush in August at an American Legion convention in Reno. The doctor described the personal meeting he had with the president immediately following the convention as a solemn experience with a small group of families grappling with the loss of loved ones in war.

    Krissoff says Bush asked each family what he could do for them.

    Krissoff told the president he wanted to serve.

    Read the whole inspiring, uplifting thing.

    I like Taranto’s final comment on the story:

    If only he got as much attention as a certain antiwar malcontent.

    You know, the one who also met with the President and then set up a camp in the ditch in Crawford. One Bill Krissoff is worth more than a million of those.

  5. Ryan says:
    January 3, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    Here are my open thread comments.. storms moving through Northern California.. rain, wind, and lots of snow in the mountains.